Sentences with phrase «lamp oil»

After whales became scarce, elephant seals were hunted to the brink of extinction, primarily for their blubber, which was used for lamp oil.

I'm sure somewhere during that week the high priest's wife said something like «Honey, I know I just bought a new jug of lamp oil, but it's empty now.

Parts of foods that historically were disposed of, used for composting and considered waste or at best reserved for lower quality, utilitarian applications (like lamp oil) have suddenly become «food» through the alchemy of fossil fuel powered extraction and processing.

I picked up a newly made Game Boy game by a small Swedish developer crew called Team Lamp Oil.

It started as early as the 1800s when fisherman reduced the whale population to use the blubber for lamp oil.

So, by this definition, some dangerous poisons would include poisonous plants, including some wild mushrooms, foxglove, pokeweed, holly berries, and pokeweed, and household poisons, such as mouthwash, nail glue remover, drain cleaners, oven cleaners, lamp oil, antifreeze, furniture polish, cough and cold medicines, iron, blood pressure medicines, carbon monoxide, and lead paint.

Much of a sperm whale's head is occupied by the spermaceti organ, a huge fibrous cask containing a milky, waxy material that was highly prized as a lubricant and lamp oil, and which to Nantucket whalers looked like nothing more than gallons and gallons of semen — hence the name.

Bombs, lamp oil, rope.

Do I have lamp oil?

In addition to repellent, the oil can be used as an anti-inflammatory aid, itch relief for bites and stings, liniment for muscle fatigue, lamp oil, massage oil, anti-arthritic and psoriasis aid, and scar healing.